BioSpace News Archive

- ALVR109 is an allogeneic, off-the-shelf virus-specific T cell therapy candidate designed to target SARS-CoV-2 for high-risk COVID-19 patients - Proof-of-concept clinical trial with ALVR109 to begin in Q42020 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AlloVir (Nasdaq: ALVR), a late clinical-stage cell therapy company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Investigational New Drug application (IND) for ALVR109, an allogeneic, off-the-shelf vi

The Bio-Process Systems Alliance (BPSA), the international association of the single-use bio-processing industry, is pleased to announce the release of its latest 2020 technical guide: Extractables/Lea

Venatorx Pharmaceuticals today announced that Will Sargent has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Commercial Strategy. With over 25 years of biopharmaceutical industry experience, including multiple product and line extension launches, Mr. Sargent will be responsible for designing and executing Venatorx’s commercial strategy across its portfolio of clinical and preclinical antibacterial and antiviral programs.

Cullinan Pearl, a Cullinan Oncology company, today announced that an abstract detailing the ongoing Phase 1/2a clinical trial evaluating CLN-081 for the treatment of EGFR exon 20 insertion mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will be presented as a poster presentation at the ESMO Virtual Congress 2020. Poster Title : Preliminary Safety and Activity of CLN-081 in NSCLC with EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations (I

A new study, the most comprehensive analysis of the role of omega-3 dosage on cardiovascular prevention to date, provides compelling evidence for consuming more EPA and DHA (eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, respectively) omega-3 fats

Earlier this month, more than 30 experts representing health plans, integrated delivery systems, health economists, providers, academicians, pharmaceutical manufacturers and other professionals gathered for AMCP’s Partnership Forum to address the challenges in managing and providing timely access to rare and orphan disease therapies.

Dogma Therapeutics (“Dogma”), a Viva Biotech Portfolio Company, has reached an agreement for the acquisition of its oral PCSK9 program by AstraZeneca. Dogma will receive upfront as well as downstream payments linked to global regulatory and commercial milestones. The pursuit of a convenient, oral PCSK9-based therapy has bee

QuestDirect™ Active Infection allows individuals to collect a specimen at home or by drive-thru at more than 500 Walmart Neighborhood Market locations Results are interpreted by a physician via telecare and provided digitally through the MyQuest™ patient portal so individuals may share results securely online with friends, family and physicians [17-September-2020]

Proniras Corporation, a biotechnology company committed to the development of life saving therapeutic products, today announced that the company and its collaborator, Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine, have received a $12.3 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to support development of the company’s proprietary molecule, tezampanel, as a treatment for opioid withdrawal syndrome. Tezampanel, a

Intensity Therapeutics, Inc. , a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing proprietary technology and products to kill tumors and increase immune system recognition of the cancer, today announced that the first patient has been dosed with a combination of INT230-6, the Company’s lead investigational product, and Yervoy® (ipilimumab), Bristol Myers Squibb’s (BMS) Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte-Associated Antigen 4 (CTLA-4)